Flag of Great Nortend

Great Nortend

Name	Great Cross of the Realm
Use	National flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1 April, 1870
Design	A red cross on a white cross on a red field.
Designed by	Sir Almandy Fleurin, Lamanus King of Arms

The national flag of Great Nortend is, by proclamation, the Great Cross of the Realm. Its design includes the Arms of St Christopher, the patron saint of the province of Hambria with the Cross of St George, one of the two patron saints of the province of Nortend, superimposed on top.

It is blazoned:

Gules, St Christopher's cross with the Cross of St George superimposed.

Use

The flag is a formal symbol of the civil Government of Great Nortend. It is commonly flown in such contexts as by government buildings, by schools, by the military and by the church as a symbol of the nationhood of the country. For example, the Cross is flown on the main Government buildings at Fettercourt in Lendert-with-Cadell on all days of the year, except on certain feast days and when the Royal Standard is flown instead.

The flag is flown at half mast on certain mourning days as well, including:

• From the death of the Sovereign until the formal Accession of the new sovereign.
• From the death of a member of the Royal Family until the day of his funeral.
• From the death of the Archbishop of Sulthey until the day of his funeral.
• On the death of the Archbishop of Limmes or of Rhise.
• On the death of the present or former Officer of State.
• On the death of a foreign Sovereign